TFA: We improved the power performance of electrodes made from iron phosphate nanowires by finding a genetic sequence for a virus that favourably binds to carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which are highly conducting

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They are experimental, can't power anything more than a watch, and can only be recharged "hundreds of times".

EvilEgg:So this is how The Matrix begins, I always thought humans would make an ineffective power supply, perhaps we get infected.

Well, the original plan was actually that humans were squishy processing power, and better at certain tasks/processing than the machines were. Some of that processing power was fed *back* to create the matrix itself (Which was why humans could manipulate it if they were aware and strong enough mentally: You basically had root access wired to your *skull*).

But that was deemed 'too confusing' by the producing company, so they were forced to change it.

Felgraf:EvilEgg: So this is how The Matrix begins, I always thought humans would make an ineffective power supply, perhaps we get infected.

Well, the original plan was actually that humans were squishy processing power, and better at certain tasks/processing than the machines were. Some of that processing power was fed *back* to create the matrix itself (Which was why humans could manipulate it if they were aware and strong enough mentally: You basically had root access wired to your *skull*).

But that was deemed 'too confusing' by the producing company, so they were forced to change it.